Bed rail blank



Oct. 5, 1948. I W R, ELRAD 2,450,723

BED RAIL BLANK Filed May 8, 1944 f f www @wif lm n INVENTOR. WILLIAM R.l BLRAD A77' ENE Y Patented Oct. 5, 1948 UNITED STATESgli PATENT OFFICE BED RAIL BLANK William R. Elrad, University Heights, hio Application May s, 1944, serial No. 534,555

1 Claim. (Cl. ,Z9-190) This invention relates to bedroom furniture and particularly to blanks for bed rails and devices used for connecting them to bed ends.

The primary object of this invention is to 13T-0- vide a durable device which may be quickly and easily attached to the wood side rails of a bed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hook connector member that may be quickly and easily stamped or blanked out of a single sheet of metal.

These and other objects lof the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification and claim, together with the accompanying drawing, in which like parts are referred to and indicated by like reference characters and wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of a bed rail embodying the instant invention and also a portion of a bed .and showing the means for attachment theret0;

Figure 2 is a top plan View -of the rail shown in the Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a portion of a bed rail showing the inner side of the connector member;

Figure 4 is a plan view of a blanked sheet of metal from which this connector is made;

Figure 5 is an Orthographie view of the connector member and particularly showing the outside -or normally visible portion thereof; and

Figure 6 is a view similar to that of Figure 5 but showing the inside -or normally concealed portion of the connector member.

In the drawing there is shown Va bed rail broadly indicated by the reference character l0 and a portion of a bed broadly indicated by the reference character 2li. Each of these two elements will be described in detail and in the order just set forth.

The bed rail consists of a long board I I yon which there is mounted at each end the connector members 5 shown in the Figures 5 and 6. Each of the `connector members 5 is formed of a single sheet of metal and consists of two plates or side panels I4 and I5 and -an intermediate plate or panel IB. The three panels I4, I5 and IB are distinct and separated by fold lines I'I which form the corners or vertical edges of the assembled rail Ill. The members 5 are stamped out of durable metal sheets and each -of the panels I4 and I5 has holes I2 punched therein for receiving the screws I9 or other means for fastening the connect-or members 5 to the board II. The hooks I3 are formed and stamped out of the metal of the panel I5. If desired, and particularly if it is desired to have the hooks I3 project forward from the Vcenter of the intermediate panel I6, the hook-s I3 can be formed of the metal of the panel I4 and also of the intermediate panel IE, 4as is shown in the Figures 4 and 6. The space lef-t in the panel I4 from which the material forming the hooks I3 is taken is indicated in the Figure 6 by the reference character I8. When properly bent, the side panels I4 and l5 'are parallel. The hooks i3 project forward of the intermediate panel I6 and at approximately its vertical center. The boards Il are recessed and formed with a fiat t-ongue portion which ts between the plates I4 and I5 so that the surfaces of the connector members 5 and the board VII will be flush and on the same plane. When mounted on the board I I, the panel I4 in which the holes I8 appear is on the inside iof the bed and the visible smooth panel I5 is on the outside. When properly mounted on the board I I, the members 5 appear as shown in the Figures 1 and 2 and the projecting hooks I3 are then able to fit into the vertical slots 2i and engage 4the horizontal pins 22 of the bed 20.

It may be well to point out at this point that bed rails of the prior art consist of relatively small pieces of metal from which the hooks extend. They are generally inserted in a vertical slot cut in the end of the wood board or rail and are fastened 4therein by `a few simple screws or pins. These had a tendency to work loose in the relatively softer Wood and very often caused the board to split. The present invention, therefore, forms a much sturdier and more lasting construction Aand is very simple and easy to manufacture and mount.

Having thus described and illustrated the invention, it should be understood that the invention `as shown is illustrative only and is not to be considered in a limited sense, as other forms or modifications of the invention can be made within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A sheet metal blank for a bedstead bracket consisting of an elongate plane body having top, bottom and end edges, sa-id body having a pair of spaced transverse fold lines extending completely across the blank intermediate said end edges, and said body having a hook-defining portion partially blanked therefrom, said hooked-defining portion having its inner side edge integrally connected `to the body and dened Aby Ia fold line d-isposed between said transverse fold lines and terminating spaced from the top and bottom edges of the blank, and said hook defining portion having its opposite outer free side edge terminating between one of said pair of transverse fold lines 3 and one of the end edges of said blank, said blank being adapted to be bent into substantially U- form to provide a pair of spaced side Walls and an end wall for engaging Ithe end and side Walls of a bedstead rail, and with said hook dening portion being bent outwardly from the end Wall at substantially righft angles thereof for engagement with a hook receiving portion of -a bed end part.

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